Brain MRI with contrast cost in Chester, MT
In Chester, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for MRI of the brain, with and without contrast dye: from $2,123.06 to $2,123.06, with a median of $2,123.06. Across Montana, the median is $2,835.58 at 20 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70553, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Chester, MT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Health - Chester lowest Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 MR Exam | $2,123.06 | $3,266.25 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Logan Health - Chester lowest Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 MR Brain w/wo Contrast Limited | $2,123.06 | $3,266.25 | — | 35% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $2,123.06, median $2,123.06, highest $2,123.06.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,123.06. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
This brain MRI is done in two parts: first without contrast dye, then again after a gadolinium contrast dye is injected into a vein. The contrast helps show tumors, infection, inflammation and conditions such as multiple sclerosis more clearly.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers both sets of images. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately, and the contrast agent may appear as its own pharmacy charge.
6 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70553 ($2,831.79). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Brain w/wo Contrast w/ Perfusion - Report | $168.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Brain w/wo Contrast - Report | $168.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Cranial Nerve/Brain w/wo Contrast - Report | $168.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Pituitary w/wo Contrast - Report | $168.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR Skull Base/Brain w/wo Contrast - Report | $168.35 | file |
| Logan Health - Chester Chester, MTMR IAC w/wo Contrast - Report | $168.35 | file |